ECB President Christine Lagarde urged Europe to prepare for potential US trade policy shifts, warning of selective tariffs under Trump. Speaking in Davos, she stressed the need for economic reforms, defended the ECB's cautious rate cuts,

KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP The European Central Bank cut interest rates again Thursday, January 30, and signaled more to come as the eurozone economy flatlines while warning of trade tensions and uncertainty amid American President Donald Trump's protectionist agenda.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde slapped down on Thursday a suggestion by her Czech colleague Ales Michl to include bitcoin among his country's official reserves.

Christine Lagarde said Europe needed to get better at keeping its talent and savings at home, adding that the new US administration’s decision to freeze some funding for former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act might remove one of the incentives to invest in the US.

Europe must “be prepared” for potential trade tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, the president of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde told CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.

World leaders and business titans at the World Economic Forum called out widespread pessimism, siloed markets, regulation, and cultural weakness in Europe.

In Europe, the working poor subsidize the nonworking poor. Meanwhile, the welfare state is destroying worker productivity and limiting economic growth.

Central bank independence is being challenged in parts of the world and greater political influence could undermined banks' ability to keep inflation down, risking economic volatility, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday.

Europe must "be prepared" for potential trade tariffs from newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump, the president of the European Central Bank told CNBC on Wednesday. After his inauguration, Trump told reporters that the EU has been "very,

Investors maintained bets for further easing, pricing an additional 70 basis points of cuts during the rest of 2025, which would lower rates to near 2 per cent.

Speaking to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Lagarde had to go onto the defensive in the face of criticism from a leading US financier.

the institution's President Christine Lagarde told CNBC Wednesday. Asked about the potential effect on Europe if inflation resurges in the U.S., Lagarde said: "If there is reigniting of inflation ...